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In a shocking admission, a senior defense official is laying bare the Pentagon's priorities when it comes to building killer robots. 
Robotics

Senior Pentagon Official: New Plan Is to Invest in “Autonomous Killer Robots”

By Noor Al-Sibai

San Francisco police have been granted permission by city supervisors to murder civilians using killer robots, a dystopian turn of events.
Robotics

San Francisco Cops Now Allowed to Use Robots to Kill People

By Victor Tangermann

The Pentagon's t-shirt saying not to worry about their "killer robots" is raising a lot of questions answered by their t-shirt, it seems.
Robotics

Pentagon: Stop Asking Questions About Our “Killer Robots,” Which Don’t Exist by the Way

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Department of Homeland Security is deploying robodogs to patrol the country’s southern border and report any immigrants attempting to cross.
Robot Dogs

Company That Put Rifle on Robodog Deploying Anti-Immigrant Bots to Mexico Border

By Tony Ho Tran

Cheap, lightweight killer robots are just around the corner — and major military powers, including the US, are doing very little to stop them.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Professor Warns That Cartels Could Use “Slaughterbots” to Evade Justice

By Noor Al-Sibai

It looks like China's "doomsday" AI weapons may be more American than critics care to admit.
Artificial Intelligence

US Military Horrified by Chinese Military Spending Money on Exact Same Crap They Do

By Noor Al-Sibai

Former US general Stanley McChrystal warns that AI with the power to launch lethal strikes is inevitable, even if the idea is frightening.
Artificial Intelligence

Former General Warns About Rise of Killer Robots

By Dan Robitzski

Experts say installing a gun on a robodog marks an inflection point in the development of killer robots — and maybe the tech shouldn't be allowed at all.
Robot Dogs

Experts Shocked by Military Robodog With Sniper Rifle Attachment

By Jon Christian

The inevitable has happened. Somebody strapped an honest-to-God sniper to the back of a quadrupedal robot dog.
Robot Dogs

Uh Oh, They Strapped a Sniper Rifle to a Robot Dog

By Victor Tangermann

An Israeli company has unveiled a remote-controlled, semi-autonomous robot that can be outfitted with two machine guns, cameras, and sensors.
Robotics

Israel Shows Off Massive Military Robot With a Huge Machine Gun

By Victor Tangermann

The Russian delegate to a UN conference argued that autonomous killer robots shouldn't be subject to any additional rules or regulations.
Robotics

Russia: Our Killer Robots Don’t Need Any Pesky International Laws

By Dan Robitzski

Israel has deployed a military robot called the Jaguar, which is armed with a machine gun, to the border of the Gaza Strip.
Robotics

Israel Sends Robots Armed with Machine Guns to Palestinian Border

By Dan Robitzski

Killer drones are already making airstrikes without any humans involved in the decision making, according to a recent UN report. 
Robots and Machines

Academics: Ban the Killer “Slaughterbots” Before We All Die

By Victor Tangermann

The Russian Army is setting up its first armed military unit that features killer robotic tanks, as state news agency TASS reports.
Robotics

Russia Is Setting Up First Military Unit With Killer Robot Tanks

By Victor Tangermann

Marketing collective MSCHF has decided to let a robot dog equipped with a paintball loose inside an art gallery — and it's letting strangers take control.
Robot Dogs

Company Mounts Paintball Gun on Robot Dog to Shoot Up Art Gallery

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, the Pentagon announced the official adoption of a series of new principles for ethical use of artificial intelligence in warfare, the AP reports.
Ethics

These Are the Pentagon’s New Ethics “Principles” for AI in Warfare

By Foster Kamer